Le Comité mixte permanent d'examen de la réglementation, le Comité mixte permanent de la Bibliothèque du Parlement et les comités des pêches, de l'agriculture et des langues officielles étaient souvent peu sollicités.
The Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations, the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament and the independent committees on Fisheries, Agriculture and Official Languages were often undersubscribed; yet there was no willingness on the part of senators to put Agriculture together with Fisheries.